By means of the metric for the celestial bodywith electric-magnetic charge, magnetic momentum andquadrupolemoment, somegravitational effect are studied.
The best guess for the moment is that the gravitational forces at work between the three stars could serve to dampen the oscillations at HD181068's surface.
Perhaps its greatest moment came in 1979 when it was the first telescope to observe a gravitational lens, an effect where a "massive" object bends electromagnetic radiation such as light around it.